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Oviedo graduate Blake Bortles was superb in four preseason games for the Jacksonville Jaguars. But the party line out of the Jags' camp still says veteran Chad Henne will start at quarterback in Sunday's season opener against the Eagles in Philadelphia. Game time will be 1 p.m. on CBS (WKMG-Ch. 6). Oviedo coach Wes Allen is as big a Bortles backer as you're going to find, but he's not about to second-guess Jacksonville's coaching regime. "As a fan, I've been really impressed with Blake," Allen said this week, "but it's pretty hard for a high-school coach to make a comment on what an NFL coach is going to do." Jags coach Gus...

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Oviedo graduate Blake Bortles was superb in four preseason games for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
But the party line out of the Jags' camp still says veteran Chad Henne will start at quarterback in Sunday's season opener against the Eagles in...

The Bears' pulse slightly strengthened Sunday when they beat the Vikings. Their first victory of the season at Soldier Field also ended their three-game losing streak. Now at 4-6, they must win two games in five days — Sunday at home against the...

Marc Trestman used to sound like a guy who could find something positive from a red light because it should turn green soon enough, and he would describe it as a “process’’ and he would embrace that idea.
These days, Trestman sounds like a guy talking...

Quarterback Jay Cutler asserted Thursday that Brandon Marshall’s postgame rant Sunday after the Bears’ 27-14 loss to the Dolphins didn’t faze him.
Cutler, who has played with Marshall for a total of six seasons in with the Broncos (2006-08) and Bears...

In the immediate aftermath of the Bears’ 27-14 home loss to the Dolphins on Sunday, receiver Brandon Marshall spoke up — loudly. He let his feelings out. He wanted his teammates, the fans and the media to understand that he viewed the team’s 3-4 record as...

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Brandon Marshall said the word "unacceptable" 17 times last week to describe the Bears' loss to the Dolphins.
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Quarterback Jay Cutler’s inconsistency protecting the ball is a major reason why the Chicago Bears are a disappointing 3-5. But their list of problems is much longer than that, as Sunday’s 51-23 loss to the New England Patriots reminded us.
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He's tied for second in the NFL with four interceptions. His nine passes defended are tied for 10th. His 36 tackles are second on the team. He was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week...

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Coming off a complete win, the Chicago Bears torpedoed any optimism about their season with a 27-14 loss to the Miami Dolphins, a stinker that dropped their home record to 0-3. Afterward, Brandon Marshall’s postgame venting session, overheard by media...

Ten thoughts after the Chicago Bears continued their winless ways at Soldier Field, losing to the Miami Dolphins 27-14 on Sunday in a poor game all the way around.
1. The Bears were so ineffective offensively in the first half, they ran only 18 plays...

Proper rhythm can be difficult to describe but easy to identify in football.
You either have it or you don't.
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Controversy has come knocking for the Chicago Bears. That tends to happen when you’re headed for November without a home win, when you’ve lost three of your past four games, when you’ve proven to be a maddeningly inconsistent team and, most of all, when...

CHICAGO - The Miami Dolphins season is at a turning point heading into Sunday's road game against the Chicago Bears (3-3).
Joe Philbin's team squandered a victory against the Green Bay Packers last week when the defense buckled on the game's final drive,...

Ten thoughts on the Dolphins win in Chicago:
1. Could the Dolphins Sunday have gone more to a good script? Ryan Tannehill was great. The defense caused three turnovers to help set up the offense. The Green Bay loss didn't linger at all. OK, the special...

For this Sunday, anyhow, Ryan Tannehill showed what hope looks like. His pinpoint passing. His eye-popping running. His follow-me leadership, like when Chicago scored to open the second half.
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Reputations are easy to earn, but hard to shed.
Whether good or bad, all it takes is one moment of weakness, one instance where a bad habit, old tendency resurfaces and instantly the reputation will grow roots again.
Bears quarterback Jay Cutler has...